Manure-loader.



J. d. WALTER..

MANURE LOADER. l APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1910.

987,1 98, Patented 1v1a,r.,211,1911.v

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1. [l I L I ms We J.. G. WALTER. MANURB LOADER.

APPLIOATION P ILED 1,111.20, 1910.

987,1 98; .Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

2 SHEBTS-SHEBT-2.

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH C. WALTER, 0F LECOMPTON, KANSAS.

MANURE-LOADER.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. VALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lecompton, in the county of Douglas and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Manure-Loaders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to manure loaders and is designed more particularly as an improvement in the manure loader on which I applied for patent Dee. 3, 1909, Ser. No. 531,254, my special object being to produce a manure loader of simpler, cheaper, stronger and more durable construction than that on which application is pending.

A. further object is to produce a manure loader h aving an inclined traekway equipped with a dumping extension and a platform adapted for traveling upward on said trackway and causing said extension to swing downward to effect the discharge of the contents of the platform.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1, is a top plan view of a manure loader embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is

a vertical section on the line II--II of Fig.-

1. Fig. 3, is a section on the line III- IH of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a side elevation of the upper end of the machine with the hinged track extension in dumping position.

In the said drawings where like reference characters identify corresponding parts in all of the figures, 1 indicates a pair of cross ties, and 2 parallel side bars secured upon the cross ties and provided at their inner sides with parallel stringers 3, which stringers preferably rest upon the cross ties 1 and carry parallel tracks t. The side bars at. one end are connected by an end bar 5, and suitably secured to and below the end bar and about midway the length of the sam-e, is a horizontally-arranged grooved sheave 6.

Hinged as at 7 to the upper edges of the side bars 2, are wings 8 capable of being folded upon each. other for convenience of transportation, and 9 indicates a verticallydisposed sheave suitably supported centrally and at the opposite end of the base member Specification of Letters Patent.

a Application filed January 20, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, `1911. serial No, 539,155.

fromsheave G, for a purpose which hereinafter appears.

In practice, the base member, which the parts described constitute, is conveyed to the manure field and deposited upon the natural ground, the manure 10, being scraped away to permit of such disposition of said member. The wings are then unfolded to substantially the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 so that they may form bridges to facilitate the travel of one or more draft animals and an ordinary dirt scraper transversely over said member.

The elevating member of the loader consists of a pair of inclined parallel side bars 11 provided with stringere 12 at their inner sides and tracks 13 upon the stringers. The lower ends of the tracks are preferably curved as shown at 14, and project beyond the opposite ends of the side bars 11.

15 is a cross bar connecting the side bars and stringers near their upper ends, and 16 indicates two sets of legs, the legs of each set being connected by cross bars 17, or they may be otherwise rigidly connected, and cross bar 15 is p-rovided with a central opening 18 through which projects upward a suitably-jourualed vertically-arranged sheave 19.

Suitably carried by and at the upper end of the elevating member is a transverse rock shaft 20, equipped at its ends with crank arms 21, carrying between them an eXtension dumping member 22, which corresponds in form to and forms normally a continuation of the elevating member and is provided at the ends of its tracks with stop-blocks 23 having their inner ends notched as at 241 for a purpose which hereinafter appears, the stringers and tracks of this hinged dumping extension being numbered 25 and 26 respectively. At one end the rock shaft is provided with a crank arm 27 connected by a link-rod 28 to a lever 29 mounted on the elevating member, provided with a latch mechanism 30 for engagement with the notched sector 31 carried by one of the side bars 11 adjacent to the base frame, the hand lever 32 of the latch mechanism being equipped with a bail 33, capable of being swung over the handle of lever 29 for the purpose of locking the latch mechanism in inoperative position as shown. At one end the rock shaft 20 is provided with a third crank arm 34, which normally un- Vofthe side bars 11 anda collar 37 mounted on Vsaid bolt, the boltbeing also provided witha collar 38 having a cam 39 which under a pressure .applied by the longitudiiially-moving bar 'hereinafter mentioned yeields'and withdraws the latch bolt from Y the path of `crank arm 34 to permit the dumping extension to swing downward, though this dumpmgaction can be prevent- `ed if desired, by ldisengaging the .bail 33 from l.the handle of lever 29 to lpermit the latch mechanism to engage the .sector31 and thus lock said lever in position. The

parts covered by reference characters -1'1 to 39 inclusive, can'be carried to the field and set up at the desired point .upon the legs 16,

Vwith the lower ends of bars 11 abutting .against the :free end ofthe side bars 2, and

said parts are rigidly connected together -in any suitable .manner'butfpreferably byplates 40, bolted to their outer sides, it being understood ythat the curved lower ends 14 of the tracks 13 fit endwise against tracks 4, and 'at their extremities rest upon the stringers underlying the last-named tracks. t 41is a platform provided with cross-cleats i 42 having .grooves 43 receiving the underlying tracks, the .grooves being provided so thatI the'p'latform may travel without contact with the sides 2, 11 and 22 of the members rof .the loader, and said platform `is preferably provided with a high rearv end-bar 44 and with low side bars 45, the latter being low so that horses walking across the 1platform, may stepA without diflicultyover said sides,.the latter and the end bar being pro-- vided to retain -upon the platform material dumped thereon bythe scraper or otherwise deposited thereon, the end barbeing high to more reliably retain the material when the platform lis l,traveling upward-oli the elevating'member. 46 is a cable secured at one .end to the rear cleat of said platform and extending thence under the platform and upward and around the sheave 19. From the under side yof the latter itextends under -sheave 9, `and thence rearwardly to and around the sheave 6, 'from which it extends laterally and is equipped with a snap 'hook 47, thesame being of the typeprovided with aspring actuated pin 48' to prevent the accidental disconnection from the hook of the clevis 49 attached to the swingle .tree or double treeof an ordinary dirt scraper-,inet shown,.and attached at its opposite ends to said pin and the `base frame is a trip cord 50, of such length that when the platform has .imposed the major part of its weight -on the dumping extension, it will withdraw said pin and permit the clevis to slip olf the end of the hook 47.

In actualoperationthe parts are arranged as shown, and the operator after gather- 'ing` up a load of manure from the field drives his horse or team over one of the wings S and overturns the scraper in the yusual manner so as to dump .its contents Aupon the platform 41. Vdrawn off the machine by way ofthe other As the scraper is wing, the yoperator engages the hook 47 with the clevis-ofthe -swingle .tree .or double tree so that the horse or horses without unnecessarily stopping shall start 'the cable 46 in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. l, and thus cause the .platform to move upward until the major portion of its weight is ydisposed upon the dumping extension. vAsfthis occurs the trip cord 50 becomes taut .and withdraws pin 48 so that the clevis shall slip ed :the hook. At about Vthe same moment the .pin 51 depending .noticed that the -front end of the platform will .enter .the .notches .24.and check -any .tendfency of the platform to .topple forward out of the dumping extension. The cable vfurthermore tends to restrain the `platform from such toppling action and will prevent it without the cooperation of the notched vends of the stop blocks if thehorse isnot dis- .engagedfrom the-snaphook 27. Under ordinary 4conditions a horse will `be employed .to walk .forward :and backward alternately to Vraise and dump .the platform and pei'- iiiit the same .to be returned to .its original position, and in such case the use of the cord will be dispensed with. ,After the dumping action, the operator grasps the lever 39 `and swings it forwardly and through the instrumentality of the 'link 28 .and the rock .shaft relevates the dumping extension and the empty platform, .the crank arm34 .iepressing the latch 35 as it `passes the same. XVhen ,the .extension attains its elevated position, the .latch 35 snaps over .the arm 34and vholds the extension vin such position, the `platform sliding down upon the tracks to its original position where it is ,ready for another load andf to repeat the operations described, and in this connection Vit willbe noticed that the arm 34 is.of such -proportio-n `that it eHects the retiaction of the bevel-ended latch before .the

down or return movement of the ,platform begins, this being necessary Vin order to remove the cam from the path of return movement of the pin 5l of said platform.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a manure loader embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable and I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be restricted to the exact details of construction shown and described as obvious modifications will suggest themselves to one skilled in the art.

Having thus described the invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

l. A manure loader', comprising a base member provided with tracks, an inclined elevating member arranged near the base member and provided with similar alined tracks abutting at their lower ends against the tracks of the base member, a dumping extension at the upper end of the elevating member and bearings a pivoted relation thereto and provided with tracks alined with those of the elevatingmember, a travcling platform normally upon the tracks of the base member, sheaves adjacent to the base member and the upper end of the elevating member, a cable engaging said sheaves and attached at one end to the traveling platform and arranged so that a sulficient pull upon its free end shall cause said platform to travel upon said alined tracks until its center of gravity is imposed on the dumping extension beyond the pivotal point thereof, means when said platform has attained such position for tripping said dumping extension to permit it to swing downward with the superposed platform to discharge the contents of the latter, means for effecting the release of the free end of the cable, and means to prevent the platform from sliding off the depressed end of the dumping extension when the latter swings downward.

2, A manure loader, comprising a base member provided with tracks, an inclined elevating member' arranged near the base member and provided with similar alined tracks abutting at their lower ends against the tracks of the base member, a dumping extension at the upper end of the elevating member and bearing a pivoted relation thereto and provided with tracks alined with those of the. elevating member, a travcling platform normally upon the tracks of the base member, sheaves adjacent to the base member and the upper end of the elevating member, a cable engaging said sheaves and attached at one end to the traveling platform and arranged'so that a suliicient pull upon its free end shall cause said platform to travel upon said alined tracks until its center of gravity is imposed on the dumping extension beyond the pivotal point thereof, means when said platform has attained such position for tripping said dumping extension to permit it to swing downward with the superposed platform to discharge the contents of the latter, means for effecting the release of the free end of the cable, and stops to engage and overlap the front end of the platform when in dumping position to prevent said platform from toppling forward off the extension.

8. A manure loader, comprising a base member provided with tracks, an inclined elevating member arranged near the base member and provided with similar alined tracks abutting at their lower ends against the tracks of the base member, a dumping extension at the upper end of the elevating member and bearing a pivoted relation thereto and provided with tracks alined with those of the elevating member, a traveling platform normally upon the tracks of the base member, sheaves adjacent to the base member and the upper end of the elevating member, a cable engaging said sheaves and attached at one end to the traveling platform and arranged so that a sufficient pull upon its free end shall cause said platform to travel upon said alined tracks until its center of gravity is imposed on the dumping extension beyond the pivotal point thereof, means when said platform has attained such position for tripping said dumping extension to permit it to swing downward with the superposed platform to discharge the contents of the latter, a snap hook at the free end of the cable, and a cord for automatically opening said snap hook when the weight of the platform is Vmainly imposed upon the dumping eXtension.

el. A manure loader, comprising a base member provided with tracks, an inclined elevating member arranged near the base mem er and provided with similar alined tracks abutting at their lower ends against the tracks of the base member, a dumping extension at the upper end of the elevating member and bearing a pivoted relation thereto and provided with tracks alined with those of the elevating member, a traveling platform normally upon the tracks of the base member, sheaves adjacent to the base member and the upper end of the elevating member, a cable engaging said sheaves and attached at one end to the traveling platform and arranged so that a sufiicient pull upon its free end shall cause said platform to travel upon said alined tracks until its center of gravity is imposed on the dumping extension beyond the pivotal point thereof, means when said platform has attained such position for tripping said dumpingeXtension to permit it to swing down-y ward with the superposed platform to discharge the contents of the latter, a snaphook at the free end of the cable, a cord for automatically opening said snap-hook when the weight of the Iplatform is mainly imposed :upon the dumping extension, -and :means for vpreventing :the .platform when in ldumping positlon Yfrom sliding or ltoppling off the :dumping extension when depressed.`

5. In a manure loading machine, a base member, an elevating member, :a dumping extension plvoted to the upper end of the I elevating member, a rockshaft'having crank arms secured l'to the .dumping extenslon, asecond pairv of crank arms, a transverse spring actuatedV latch :bolt carried by and ,projecting beyond .one side .of `the eleT .vating :member and ,normally engaging one of said secondpair Iof crank larms :to prevent dumping action of said extension, a lever carried by :the .elevating lmember and -connected Yto the other of said -pairof crank .arms whereby zthe dumping extension `fmay l:be lrelevated, .a ,cam mounted `:on fthe latch b olt, a ,traveling platform ,provided awith a trip pin, and means for causing said :platfform to travel from the base member upward upon zthe elevating .member until its .center of gravity iis upon the dumping extension,and rits pin engages saidcam andeffec fthe' repression of sald 'bolt to permit Y `theextensionio swing.downwardkwith said *so v Y platform.

' 76. iIn -a manure loading fmachine, a 'base member, .an elevating unember, a -dumping .extension pivoted to the :upper end of the elevating member, a rock shaft having crank .arms secured to .the dumping extension, :and a .second pair Aof crank arms, a :transverse spring-actuatedlatchsbolt carried by andfprodumping extension ,may be relevated, a

cam mounted on the lzlatchfbolt, a traveling platform 4provided with a trip pin, means `for causingsaidplatform to ,travel from the base member upward upon the elevating vmember until its-center of ygravity is upon ythe dumping extension, and its pin vengages said cam `and `effects the repression of said bolt to ipermit the extension to swing downward with said platform, and a l.latch-mechanism to lock ,the said extension against dumping action.

7. In a manure loading machine, a base member, an elevating member, a dumping extension pivoted to the ,uppeiwend of the elevatingfmember, a rock shaft having crank armssecuredtothe dumping extension, and `a .second1pair of crank arms, a transverse Yspring-actuated latch bolt carried by and :projecting beyondone'side of the elevating member and normallytengagingone of said second-pair of crank arms to Aprevent dumpingaction of said extension, a lever carried by the lelevating -member and connected to the otheriof said Ipair of crank arms whereby the dumping 'extension .may be revelevated,:a cam mounted on the latch bolt, a traveling platform provided .with .a trip pin, means .for causing said ,platform to travel ffrom the base-member upward upon -the yelevating member until vits center of gravity -isiupon the dumping extension and its ,pin engages .said cam and effects the re- .pression of said-bolt to permit the extension to swing downward with said platform, a lnotched sectorfadj acent ,to said lever, a vlatch mechanism carried by .the lever,y and means ffor securing said latch .mechanism in unlocked relation 4to said sector.

`In testimony -whereof I affixmy signature, in the ,presence of .two witnesses.

J @SEBH C. WALTER. Witnesses-zA J. W. NEEIDER,

W. EAST.

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